Conference: Geo-Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Accelerating Geoscience Impact to Society and the Economy

气候导致的灾害在数量和频率上都在增加，社区和国家实现净零排放的动力，以及从地球上寻找和提取原材料以满足我们从碳基能源部门向可再生能源部门过渡的必要性，为地质创业活动的创造、创业公司的产生和根植于地质科学的应用启发研究提供了肥沃的土壤。然而，很少有地质学家和相关的地球科学家创办创业公司，或者在创意和公司组建方面处于领先地位，以创造新的产品和服务，造福社会，推动经济发展。美国地质学会（GSA）在全球115个国家拥有22,000多名会员，为了发现创新生态系统中缺乏地理参与的原因，该学会将在适当的情况下举行一系列虚拟和面对面的活动，以调查其在地质科学领域的会员。这些对话将有助于确定阻碍地质学家开始商业冒险和成为企业家的因素。这项工作的广泛影响包括揭示激励、培训、机会和教育手段，最有可能在依赖地球能源和非生物原材料的关键经济领域培养一批地球企业家和初创公司创始人。这些活动的一个重要焦点是获得早期职业地球科学家和代表性不足群体成员的反馈。美国地质学会将公布一份报告，并在GSA网站上公布他们的发现结果，并在其他地质社区外展活动中进行推广。为了征求关于培养创业人才和加快地质科学创新步伐的意见，美国地质学会将举办一系列广泛、包容和以结果为导向的虚拟活动，并在适当的时候举行面对面的活动。这些活动的重点是让地质学和相关的地质团体参与确定需求和可能的解决方案，以便将地球科学推向更具创业精神的心态，并找出将该领域推向这一方向所需的资源。一个重要的焦点将是来自早期职业科学家和那些传统上在地球科学中代表性不足的群体的科学家的投入。信息将通过在线调查、会员虚拟会议、众包活动、一对一对话、社交媒体和专家小组获得。一个重要的发现将是确定填补缺口所需的需求，以增加和加速地质学家和相关地质社区在创新生态系统和创业过程中的更多参与。它还专注于发现所需的工具、激励措施和培训，以增加由来自地质和相关地质领域的创始人和首席执行官领导的地质相关企业的数量。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Climate driven disasters are increasing in number and frequency, the drive for communities and countries to go to Net Zero, and the necessity of finding and extracting raw materials from the Earth to feed our transition from a carbon-based energy sector to one of renewables provides fertile ground for the creation of geo-entrepreneurial activities and the generation of startups and use-inspired research rooted in the geological sciences. However, there few geologists and related geoscientists are founding startups or leading in idea and company formation to create novel new products and services that benefit society and drive the economy forward. To discover the reasons for the paucity of geo-participation in innovation ecosystems, the Geological Society of America (GSA), which has a global membership of over 22,000 in 115 countries, will hold a series of virtual and in person, if appropriate, events to survey its membership across the geological sciences. These conversations will help identify factors that prevent geologists from initiating commercial ventures and becoming entrepreneurs. Broader Impacts of the work include uncovering the incentives, training, opportunities, and educational vehicles most likely to create a cadre of geo-entrepreneurs and startup founders in critical areas of the economy that rely on energy and non-living raw materials that come from the Earth. An important focus of the events is getting feedback from early career geoscientists and members of underrepresented groups. The Geological Society of America will make public a report and surface the results of their findings by posting the report on the GSA website and promoting it at other geo-community outreach events.To solicit ideas on developing entrepreneurial talent and speed the pace of innovation in the geological sciences, the Geological Society of America will run a series of broad, inclusive, and results-driven virtual and, when appropriate, in person activities. These will be focused on engaging the geology and associated geological communities in identifying needs and possible solutions for moving the geosciences to a more entrepreneurial mindset and finding out what resources are needed to move the field in that direction. An important focus will be on input from early career scientists and those from groups traditionally underrepresented in geoscience. Information will be obtained via online surveys, virtual convenings of members, crowdsourcing events, one-on-one conversations, social media, and panels of experts. An important finding will be identification of gap filling needs required to increase and accelerate more involvement of geologists and associated geo-communities in innovation ecosystems and the entrepreneurial process. It is also focused on uncovering vehicles, incentives, and training needed to increase the number of geo-relevant enterprises led by founders and CEOs coming from geology and associated geo-fields.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.